Author: Shenda O'Hare

George Osborne has confirmed in his budget announcement what many landlords feared, namely that the 3% Stamp Duty surcharge on additional properties is to go ahead next month. The chancellor outlined that receipts would go...

According to the National Landlords Association, the proportion planning to sell before last July’s Budget was 7%, and is now 19%. In every part of Britain, more landlords are planning to dispose of property....

According to the research from comparethemarket, the proportion of buy-to-let mortgage enquiries grew by 4.4% to 18.2% of all mortgage enquiries during 2015, while the proportion of enquiries for first-time buyers dropped by 3.7% annually to...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has come out strongly against a proposal to make it easier for some local councils to introduce licensing schemes governing the private rented sector. The proposal originated from a...

A new survey conducted by Shawbrook Bank shows that 56% of property investors (from a sample size of 170) intend to purchase a buy-to-let property within the next 12 months. With impending tax changes,...

A report, from property management firm London Shared, found that a third of those surveyed found being a landlord increasingly stressful. 76% of the 500 landlords polled said that tenants do not understand their rental...

A survey of investor clients by global property advisor CBRE reveals that sentiment has hardened against leaving the EU. The results of the survey show that the proportion of respondents who think the UK would...